Can Central European Cities Save Democracy?

With the new onset of hard-power politics in Central Eastern Europe, it is time to look at soft power as a way of bringing them back to the EU family.

In these troubling times, when hard power seems to have replaced all other forms of communication and building efforts, what happens when soft power is being pushed to the sidelines, and what are the implications for the CEE and it’s cities? 

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pundits have talked about NATO’s greatest strategic failure of the past two decades as a result of the military alliance playing down Vladimir Putin’s malign intent. At the same time, they underestimated the member states’ capacity for collective resolve, as one Wall Street Journal opinion puts it.

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